# Counties in Iowa by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 99 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Johnson County | 56.2 |
| 2 | Monroe County | 54.4 |
| 3 | Montgomery County | 53.3 |
| 4 | Osceola County | 53.3 |
| 5 | Des Moines County | 51.4 |
| 6 | Shelby County | 51.2 |
| 7 | Audubon County | 50.9 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 50.6 |
| 9 | Cedar County | 49.7 |
| 10 | Lee County | 49.2 |
| 11 | Cass County | 48.9 |
| 12 | Black Hawk County | 48.9 |
| 13 | Story County | 48.6 |
| 14 | Cherokee County | 48.4 |
| 15 | Wapello County | 47.6 |
| 16 | Clinton County | 47.6 |
| 17 | Scott County | 47.3 |
| 18 | Jasper County | 46.9 |
| 19 | Van Buren County | 46.8 |
| 20 | Delaware County | 46.7 |
| 21 | Appanoose County | 46.5 |
| 22 | Polk County | 46.2 |
| 23 | Clayton County | 45.9 |
| 24 | Dubuque County | 45.8 |
| 25 | Muscatine County | 45.3 |
| 26 | Linn County | 44.8 |
| 27 | Pottawattamie County | 44.8 |
| 28 | Jackson County | 44.6 |
| 29 | Clarke County | 44.4 |
| 30 | Fayette County | 44.1 |
| 31 | Floyd County | 43.9 |
| 32 | Guthrie County | 43.1 |
| 33 | Woodbury County | 42.5 |
| 34 | Palo Alto County | 42.4 |
| 35 | Warren County | 41.8 |
| 36 | Hardin County | 41.5 |
| 37 | Ringgold County | 41.4 |
| 38 | Wright County | 41 |
| 39 | Pocahontas County | 40.8 |
| 40 | Page County | 40.6 |
| 41 | Webster County | 40.2 |
| 42 | Poweshiek County | 40 |
| 43 | Monona County | 40 |
| 44 | Hancock County | 39.6 |
| 45 | Dickinson County | 39.5 |
| 46 | Adams County | 39.2 |
| 47 | Henry County | 38.9 |
| 48 | Emmet County | 38.3 |
| 49 | Marion County | 38.2 |
| 50 | Butler County | 37.9 |
| 51 | Keokuk County | 37.8 |
| 52 | Boone County | 37.6 |
| 53 | Buchanan County | 36.8 |
| 54 | Dallas County | 36.7 |
| 55 | Winneshiek County | 36.5 |
| 56 | Clay County | 36.4 |
| 57 | Madison County | 36.3 |
| 58 | Allamakee County | 36.2 |
| 59 | Tama County | 36.1 |
| 59 | Winnebago County | 36.1 |
| 61 | Carroll County | 36 |
| 62 | Mitchell County | 35.7 |
| 63 | Jones County | 35.4 |
| 64 | Mills County | 35.3 |
| 65 | Calhoun County | 35.2 |
| 66 | Benton County | 35.2 |
| 67 | Union County | 34.7 |
| 68 | Cerro Gordo County | 34.6 |
| 69 | Humboldt County | 34.4 |
| 70 | Crawford County | 33.6 |
| 71 | Adair County | 33.2 |
| 72 | Bremer County | 33.2 |
| 73 | Franklin County | 33 |
| 74 | Mahaska County | 32.8 |
| 75 | Wayne County | 32.6 |
| 76 | Sac County | 32.5 |
| 77 | Marshall County | 32.4 |
| 78 | Greene County | 32.4 |
| 79 | Washington County | 32.1 |
| 80 | O'Brien County | 32 |
| 81 | Hamilton County | 31.6 |
| 82 | Harrison County | 31.6 |
| 83 | Taylor County | 31.4 |
| 84 | Kossuth County | 30.9 |
| 85 | Louisa County | 30.8 |
| 86 | Plymouth County | 30.6 |
| 87 | Decatur County | 30.4 |
| 88 | Sioux County | 30 |
| 89 | Buena Vista County | 29.9 |
| 90 | Chickasaw County | 29.6 |
| 91 | Lyon County | 28.8 |
| 92 | Grundy County | 27.4 |
| 93 | Howard County | 27.4 |
| 94 | Iowa County | 26.9 |
| 95 | Davis County | 25.1 |
| 96 | Ida County | 24.7 |
| 97 | Fremont County | 24.6 |
| 98 | Worth County | 21.4 |
| 99 | Lucas County | 18.8 |